PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electroconvulsive Therapy (4 June 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to set up an independent review of the use of electro convulsive therapy.

Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

Answer

We have no plans to do so.

Electroconvulsive therapy is regulated under the Mental Health Act 1983 and can only be given when a patient consents.


Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
16 June 2021

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